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translocate

[trans-loh-keyt, tranz-]
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verb (used with object), trans·lo·cat·ed, trans·lo·cat·ing.
  1. to move or transfer from one place to another; cause to change location; displace; dislocate.
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Origin of translocate

First recorded in 1825–35; trans- + locate
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British Dictionary definitions for translocate

translocate

verb
  1. (tr) to move; displace
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translocate in Medicine

translocate

(trăns-lō′kāt′, trănz-)
v.
  1. To change from one place or one position to another; to displace.
  2. To transfer a chromosomal segment to a new position; to cause to undergo translocation.
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